In just two years, the rate of Fintech adoption among Singapore consumers has almost tripled, according to the…
Financial Inclusion
MetLife Foundation and Visa, with partners Accion and IFC, launch inaugural list to help fintech companies attract capital…
If properly regulated, technology-enabled financial services such as mobile payments, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, alternative credit scoring, and new…
Experian, a consumer financial data service provider is currently expanding its Experian X Labs, an innovation lab looking…
Voyager Innovations, the fintech arm of the Philippines’ top digital telecommunications firm PLDT Inc, has sealed a US$40…
Personal finance comparison website GoBear and alternative credit scoring provider CredoLab announced that they’re teaming up to launch…
7-Eleven outlets across Asia have begun offering banking services. In Thailand, a pilot program starting October 31 will…
Global investment firm KKR, and China-based internet services provider Tencent Holdings Ltd separately acquired a substantial minority stake…
Go-Jek, Indonesia’s unicorn darling just announced that they will be partnering with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Findaya, Dana…
Fintech companies, which leverage technology and digital platforms to provide financial services at lower cost and wider, better…
The latest Global Financial Inclusion Index (“Findex”) database released today by the World Bank finds that Indonesia’s financial…
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) and Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (PINTEC) announced the launch of their joint venture,…
In developing countries, digital banking platforms and real-time payments have been driving financial inclusion, providing the underbanked and…
Through innovative business models, products and use of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, digital…
Banks seeking to use a mobile app that promises to enable them to expand their businesses without building…
Many of the world’s poor in developing countries — nearly 2 billion, according to the World Bank — struggle to…
Lenddo and Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), leaders in credit decisioning for emerging markets, today announced they are joining…
Fintech has the potential to dramatically improve financial inclusion, according to a report by the Brookings Institution, an…
Advantedj, a P2P online platform for investment insights specifically for PMETs launched this week. Unlike B2B startups, B2C…
Despite Vietnam’s high smartphone and mobile Internet penetration rates, consumer adoption of fintech solutions remains low with cash-payment…